Toasting apparatus



June 12, 1945-. R. l. EELVEfi ETAL 2,373,073

TOASTING APPARATUS Filed may 4, 1943 s Sheets-Sheet i w ,INVENTOR 4 BERNARD F'. PAR

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June 12, 1945. R. I. FEL VE R ETAL 2,378,073 I TOASTING APPARATUS Filed May 4, 1945 3 Sheets-Shet 2V INVENTOR RIQHARDJ.FELVER,A- BBEiNAkD F. PRRR a/ ATTOR Y this application, in which:

Patented-June 12,1945

UNITED, I STATES PATENT OFFICE DOAS'IING mmrns Richard i. Felver and Ohio,

BernardEPamMansfleld, assi'gnors to Westinghouse Electric &

Manufacturing Company, East Pittsburgh, Pa.,

a corporation of -Pennsylvania.

Application May 4, 1943, Serial No. 485,630

v A'further object of the invention is to provide improved control means for a toaster actuated by an electromotor, said'control means being movable to selective Positions for varying the period of. toasting and for initiating operation of the toaster.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved toaster having a plurality of push. buttons selectively operated for initiating operation of the toaster and for varying the periodof toasting.

These and other objects are eliected by our invention as will'be apparent irom the following description and claims taken in connection with the accompanying'drawings, forming a part of Fig. 1 is a sectional view taken longitudinally through a toaster constructed and arranged in accordance with the invention; 7

Figs.2 and 3 are sections taken along the respective lines 11-11 and III-III of Fig. 1;

1 Fig. 4 is a diagram of the electrical connec-- tions; and

Fig. -5 is a view of a detail viewed from the plane V-V of Fig. 2.

Reference will now b had to the drawings wherein we have elected to show the invention applied to an oven type toaster including a base member ID and a housing H supported thereon. The interior of the housing II is provided with two transverse wall members l2 and it which define a toasting oven II. The wall members l2; and I3 have respective horizontally-extending portions l5 and It which are secured to the base it. Arranged within the oven u are a plurality of heating elements, one of which is shown at IT. The heating elements are of well imderstood construction and include strips or mica it upon which a heating coil I! is wound. As the construction and operation of heating elements of the type shown at I! are wellknown in the art, no further description of the same is deemed necessary.

A bread-supporting member 2| forming a part of a carriage structure 22 is intermediate a pair of the heating elements I! and is movable from its bread-receiving position, shown 13 Claims. (01. oil-328) Y in the drawings, downwardly into toasting position, as will be described hereinafter.- The casing I l is provided with one or more openings 28 through which the bread is inserted and removed.

As is well understood, these openings 23' are aligned above the bread-supporting member 2|. In accordance with our invention, the mecha '4 anism for actuating the bread carrier 2| between its upper and lower positions is arranged within a compartment. 24 and-will now.be" described. The bread carriage 22 include horizontally-extending portions 25 and 26 which are provided with openings for receiving stationary vertical rods 21 carried by the wall structure l2 and, upon described hereinafter. The bellcrank 29 is supwhich rods 21, the carriage slides. During inactive periods, the carriage 22 is retained in its upper position by a tension spring 28, the lower end of which is attached to. the horizontally-extending portion 26 of the carriage 22 and the upper end of which is supported by a belicrank lever 28 carried by a pivot it supported upon the wall structure l2. The bellcrank lever 29 includes a leg 22 which carries a pin 83 for a purpose to be ported' during inactive periods by a latch 33 which is pivoted, as shown at 3|, to a stationary bracket 25. The latch 33 is biased clockwise about its pivot 34 3i,.as clearly shown in Fig. 1. 1

The bread carriage 22 is actuated to its lower or toasting position by means of a push button mecha sin. generally indicated at 31 and described detail hereinafter. When any one of the buttons of the mechanism 31 is actuated, the latch 33 is moved counter-clockwise about its pivot 34 from beneath the bellcrank 29, whereupon the bellcrank '29 swings clockwise about its pivot 3| and the carriage 22 and the spring 28 fall by gravity to a lower position. When in the lower or toasting position, the carriage 22 is,

- latched in place by a mechanism including a ver tically-extending lever 38 which is pivoted. as" shown at 3!, to an arm I. fixed to a shaft ll;

a The upper horizontally-extending portion 25 of thecarriage 22 is provided with-a slot 42 through which the lever 38 projects. The carriage 22 is lockedin its by means of a tension spring ing of the carriage restrained 'by a pivoted restraining member 41 which may form a part of a thermostatically-operated compensating device, to be referred to hereinafter. During the actuation of the carriage During the downward movement of the carriage 22 and the clockwise movement of the bellcrank 29, the latter engages a roller 48 carried by an arm 49 which is pivoted on the pivot 31. The free end of the arm 49 is pivotally connectedto the upper end of a link The lower end of the link 5| is pivoted, at 52, to an arm 53 loosely carried by a shaft 54 so that it may move. about the shaft 54. Both shafts 4| and 54 are rotated by a motor-driven mechanism, generally indicated at 55, during the toasting period in a manner to be described later. The pivot pin 52 functions to pivotally support a pawl 55, which is engageable with a ratchet wheel 51 fixed to the shaft 54. The pawl 56 is biased clockwise about its pivot 52 at all times by a suitable spring, not shown for the sake of clearness. In the position of the apparatus shown in the drawings, the pawl 56 is in engagement with the pin 33 and thereby maintained out of engagement with'the ratchet wheel 51. When the bell crank 29 is moved clockwise about its pivot 3|, the pin 33 will be moved to the left, as viewed in Fig. 2, clear of the pawl 56 so that the latter is moved into en agement with the ratchet wheel 51. During clockwise movement of the bellcrank 23, and downward movement of the link 5|, the arm 53 is moved counterclockwise about the shaft 54 to its lower deadcenter position, the pawl 53 riding over the teeth of the ratchet wheel during this movement. During operation of the motor-driven mechanism 55, the pawl 55 is driven by the ratchet 51' in counterciockwise direction.

The push button mechanism 31 includes a plurality of push buttons 53 to it, inclusive, which may be selectively actuated for varying the degree of toasting or the color of toast desired. In the present embodiment, the push buttons are selectively operated to vary the period of time that the carriage 22 is retained in its toasting position. The push buttons 53 to 3|, inclusive, project through the housing II and are biased upwardly at all times by respective compression sp i s 32.

The push buttons 53 to SI are provided with respective push rods 63 which are guided in openings 54 formed in a stationary bracket 65. The lower ends of the push rods 53 are engageable with an elongated plate 63 forming a. part of the latch 33, as best shown in Figs. 1 and '3. It will be noted that when any one of the buttons 53 to BI is depressed, its push rod 33 willengage the surface 33 and force the latch 33 counterclockwise about its pivot 34, whereupon the bellcrank 23 is released. when released, the push button is returned to its former position, as shown in Fig. 3, and the spring 33 is then-effective to actuate the latch." to the position shown in the drawings. 7

. As mentioned heretofore, the arm 43 and shaft 4| are moved counterclockwise during the lower- 22. The mechanism for effecting this movement includes a lever 31 carried by a stationary pivot 33 and connected at its upper end by means of a pin-and-slot connection I! to a cam plate I I. The cam plate 1| is provided with a plurality of cam surfaces I2 to 15, inclusive, which are engageable with respective pins 16 carriedbythe pushrods 53.

From Fig. 3, it will be noted that, when a push button is depressed, its pin 15 will force the cam plate H to the right as the pin 16 rides along its associated cam surfaces 12 to 15. The slope of the cam surfaces 12 to 15 vary, so that the amountof movement imparted to the cam plate II will vary, depending upon which button is depressed. It will be noted that the cam plate H is moved a relatively short distance when the push button 53 is depressed, whereas, the cam plate II is moved a relatively large distance when the button it is depressed. The difference in move-.

ment is obtained by varying the slope of the cam surfaces 12 to I5, inclusive. Preferably, the cam.

plate H is supported by two hangers 11 which are pivoted at their upper ends to the bracket 65 and at their lower ends to the cam plate H, as shown at I8. The cam plate H is biased to the left by means of a tension spring 19, one end of which is fixed and the opposite end of which engages the pivoted lever 51, as shown at 8 I The lower end of the lever 61 is connected by means of a pin-and-slot connection 32 to a bellcrank 53 fixed to the shaft 4| and, therefore, movable with the arm 40. The outer end of the bellcrank 83 pivotally supports a pawl 84 which is biased by means of a torsion spring (not shown) into engagement with a ratchet wheel 85.

From the foregoing description, it will be noted that, as the amount of movement imparted to the cam plate ll varies depending upon which button 53 to H is depressed, the amount of movement of the arm 40 about the shaft 4| is varied. Accordin ly, the positions of the piv t 44 and tri r are vertically adjusted so that the-carriage 22 is released at different times to provide different degrees of toasting. Further reference to this operation appears hereinafter.

The shafts 4| and 54 are driven at relatively low and'different speeds by means of the motordriven mechanism 55, which will now be described. The motor-driven mechanism 55 is supported by a frame 85 which preferably defines the support also for the bracket member 65. A relatively small motor 31' is carried by the bracket 35 in any suitable manner and preferably includes a self-contained speed-reducing mechanism (not shown) which is effective to drive a pinion 83 at relatively low speed. The pinion 33 meshes with a gear I! fixed to the shaft 54 and rotatable in the direction of the arrow (see Fig. 3). A pinion 9| is also secured to the shaft 54 and is, therefore, ro-

tatable with the gear 89 and ratchet 51 as a unit. The pinion 9| drives agear 32 in the direction of the arrow (Fig.. 3) which gear 82 is fixed to the ratchet 35, as best shown in Fig. 1. The ratchet 35 and gear 92, while carried by the shaft 4|, are rotatable relative thereto.

The various heating elements I! and-the motor 8! are connected in'parallel toan electric circuit 33 under control of a switch 94 (see Fig. 4). The switch 94 is-closed when the carriage 24 is moved to its lower or toasting position and opened when the carriage is in its upper or breadreceiving position. as shownin the drawings. The

switch 94, structurally shown in Fig. 2, is carried bythe wall l2 and includes a pair of contacts 35 are biased at all times toward their engaged or circuit-closed position. The switch -ber 2|.

' bellcrank 29, as described heretofore.

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' upon the upper surface of the latch 33.

movement of the arm 53 is prevented by the 94 is, maintained open only at such times that the carriage is in its upper position, and this operation is effected by a finger 91 carried by the carriage and engageable with the upper re.- silient member 98.

In operating the toaster described up to now, the bread to be toasted is inserted through the opening 23 and rested upon the supporting mem- Assuming it is desired to prepare dark, well-done toast, the push button 8| is depressed to impart maximum movement to the cam plate 1|, as described heretofore. Movement of the cam plate 1| swings the bellcrank 83 counterclockwise, as viewed in Fig. 3, by means of the lever 81, the pawl 84 riding over the teeth of the ratchet 85 during this movement of the bellcrank 83. As the bellcrank 83 and the arm 40 are tied together by the shaft 4|, the arm 49 is swung downwardly and, therefore, lowers the pivot point 44 or the trigger 43. The downward movement of the push button 8| and its push rod 83'swings the latch 33 from beneath the Accordingly, the carriage 22 and the spring 28 fall by gravity to their lowermost position. At this time, of course, the bellcrank 29 is swung clockwise about its pivot 31.

During the downward movement of the carriage 22, the horizontal wall portion 25 thereof engages a curved camming portion 98 of the trigger43 and causes-some slight counterclockwise movement of the trigger 43 about its pivot 44 3 spring 28 is stressed whereby an upward bias is imparted to the carriage 22.

During the rotation of the gear 89 just described, the gear 92 is also rotated but at a slower rate of speed. The spring 28 not only I biases the carriage 22 upwardly but because of the latching of the carriage to the 1ever'38, the spring 28 also biases the lever 38 and the arm 40 upwardly, as viewed in Fig. 2. The speed of movement of the carriage upwardly is governed by the speed of the gear 92, as it will be apparent at this time that the arm 40, the shaft. 4!, and the bellcrank 83 are clutched to the gear 92 by the pawl 84 and the ratchet 85.- 2

The carriage 22, the lever 38, and the. pivot point 44 move slowly upwardly as the gear 92 is rotated. As the left-hand end of the trigger 43, as vie in Fig. 2, is restrained by the mem ber 41, the rigger 43moves counterclockwise slowly about its pivot 44 and, therefore, moves the projection 45 out of engagement with -the wall portion 25 of the carriage 22. At a predetermined point in the upward movement of the carriage, the trigger 43"release's the carriage and 3 bread may then be removed through the opening in opposition to the bias of the spring 48. When 23. The apparatus is now in the position shown vin the drawings and ready for a. further operation.

If light toast is required, it will be understood that the button 58 is depressed so that the cam plate 1| and-the bellcranle 83 would be moved through a lesser distance than just described. Accordingly, the lever 38 and its pivot point 44 would be positioned at .a higher elevation than ing the clockwise movement of the bellcrank 29,

the pin 33 is swung to the left, out of the path of movement of the pawl 58. The link 5| which moves downwardly with the bellcrank 29, rotates moves the pawl 58 into engagement with the ratchet '51 andthe pawl at this time rides overwhere the button 6| is depressed. The amount of upward travel of the pivot 44 prior to the tripping of the carriage 22 is,'therefore, reduced so that the carriage 22 would, at this time, be

. in its toasting position for' a relatively short period of time. The duration of the toasting period is controlled'by the amount of, movement imthe teeth of the ratchet until in its lowermost energizes the .motor 81.

As the gear 89 and the ratchet 51 are rotated by the motor, the arm 53 is driven upwardly by parted to the cam plate 1| and the bellcrank 83.

. The buttons 59 and 88 provide degrees of toasting which are intermediate the degrees,provided by the buttons 58 and 8|.

As is well understood, a, longer period of time is'required to prepare toast when starting with a. cold toaster than after an operation thereof.. Thermostatically-controlled means is provided for adjusting the angularv position of the trigger 43 relative the carriage in.- response to the tem-' the pawl *58. This movement of the arm 53 forces the link 5| upwardly, which operation swings the bellcrank 29 toward the position shown in the perature within the housing I I, and, accordingly,

' best shown in Fig. 5 and includes a bimetallic eleportion 99 formed on the latch 33 and swings the latter counterclockwise about its pivot. 34 in opposition to the. bias of the spring 38. When the arm 53 reaches its upper dead-center position, the bellcrank 29v will be slightly elevated with respect to the latch 33 so that the latter 'is swung to the position shown in the drawings in'Fig. 2' so that the trigger--43 and carriage 22 ment Illkwhich is supported by a bracket I02 carried by the wall I2. 'The element llll deflects downwardly when subjected to heat and swings the restraining member 41 counterclockwise about .a pivot I83 by means of a leg I94 forming a part of the restraining member 41. started from a cold condition the restraining When member 41 is in the position shown in full lines are moved through the maximum vertical travel,

Further disengagement of the pawl 58 from the ratchet determined by the push button which has been depressed, before tripping the carriage 22. However, when heated. the restraining member 41 'ismoved to the broken line position shown in' Fig. 2 and, therefore, maintains the left-hand'end of the trigger 43 at .a lower elevation as shown by broken lines in Fig. 2. Accordingly, the trig-- er 43 will be effective to trip thev carriage earlier wfor lowering said in its travel when the toaster is relatively warm than when cold.

From the foregoing description, it will be apparent that we have provided improved means for actuating the carriage of a toaster between its bread-receiving position and its toasting position, in response to actuation of a control mechanism adjustable to selective positions for varying the degree of toasting. The selection of the degree of toasting and the operation of the bread carriage are effected by the single actuation of the control mechanism. When actuated to aselected position, the control mechanism efiects downward movement of the bread carriage to its toasting position and adjustment of the motordriven mechanism whereby the period of time that the carriage is retained in its toasting position is determined. Operation of the motor progressively imparts an upward bias to the carriage and, when the period of toasting has elapsed, the motor-driven mechanism releases the carriage whereby the biasing means is eficctive to move the carriage to its upper breadreceiving position.

Throughout this specification, we have referred to bread as the substance being toasted, but it will be understood that this term is-used in its broadest sense to cover, for example, such products as buns, cakes and crackers.

While we have shown our invention in but one form, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that it is not so limited, but is susceptible of various changes and modifications without departing from the spirit thereof, and we desire, therefore, that only such limitations shall placed thereupon as are specifically set forth in the appended claims.

-What we claim is:

1, In an automatic toaster, the combination of a bread carriage movable by gravity from a breadreceiving position to a toasting position, releasable means ior retaining said carriage in its bread-receiving position, a motor-driven biasing mechanism for,urging the carriage toward its bread-receiving position, releasable means for latching the carriage in its toasting position, a control device manually adjustable to a plurality of selective positions, means responsive to actuation of the control device for releasing said carriage-retaining means, whereby the carriage moves by gravity to its toasting position, means for initiating operation of the motor-driven bias ing mechanism in response to actuation of the control device, and means responsive to adjustment of the control device to a selected posit on for adjusting the latching means and determining the period of time that the carriage'is latched in its toasting position.

2. In an automatic toaster, a bread carriage movable between an upper bread-receiving position and a, lower toast ng position, a movable member, a spring connecting said member and saidibread carriage, a manuallyof the control'device to anyone .of said positions position, releasable means for latching the bread carriage in its toasting position, motor-drivenmeans operated in response toactuation'ot the control device for moving said member and thereby biasing said spring, means actuated by said motor-driven mechanism for releasing the latchthe combination of bread carriage to its toasting operated control device movable to a plurality f a selective positions, meansresponsive to actuation mg means aftera period of operation whereby the bread carriage is moved -to its upper bread receiving position by said spring and means responsive to actuation of the control device to a selected position for determining the duration of said period of operation.

3. An automatic toaster including, heating means, a bread carriage movable between an upper nontoasting position and a lower toasting position, an adjustable timing device for governing the period of toasting, manually operated means movable to a plurality of selective positions for adjusting the timing device, means responsive to adjustment of the manually operated means to a selected position for moving the bread carriage to its toasting position and for initiating operation of the timing device, means for latching the bread carriage in its toasting position, biasing means interposed between the timing device and the carriage and progressively stressed by the operation of the timing device for urging the bread carriage to its nontoasting position and means actuated by the timing means after the predetermined selected period of operation has elapsed -for releasing said latching means whereby the bread carriage is moved to the nontoasting position by the biasing means.

4. An automatic toaster including heating means, a bread carriage movable to an upper nontoasting position and to a, lower toasting position, a biasing device supporting said bread carrier, an adjustable timing, device, a mechanism supporting the biasing device and driven by the timing device, means manually operable to a plurality of selective positions for adjusting said timing devicefor various periods of operation, means responsive to operation of the manuallyoperable means to a selected position for lowering said bread carriage to its toasting position, said biasing device and its supporting mechanism being lowered with said bread carriage independently of the timing device, releasable means for retaining the bread carriage in its toasting position, means for initiating operation of the timing device in response to movement of the bread carriage to its toasting position, said mechanism progressively stressing said biasing device during operation of the timing device, and means actuated by said timing device for releasing said re-. taining means after the selected period of operation of the timing device has elapsed.

5. An automatic toaster including heating means, a bread carriage movable between an upper nontoasting position and a lower toasting position, an adjustable motor-driven timing device for determining the duration of the period of toasting, means manually adjustable to a plurality of selective positions for adjusting the timing device, means for actuating the bread carriage to the lower toasting position of said carriage in response'to actuation of the adjusting means to a selected position, switching means movable to-its closed position for energizing the timing device and said heating means in response tomovementof the carriage to its toastingposition, releasable means for retaining the carriage in its toasting position, means connecting the timing. device and the bread carriage and 1 including an extensible spring, the bias of which urges the carriage toward its nontoasting position and which bias is progressively increased 2,878,073 response to movement of the carriage to its non toasting position.

n 6. An automatic toaster including a bread carriage movable between a bread-receiving position and a toasting position, a spring secured to the carriage, adjustable means movable to a nism, means for closingsaid switch in response to adjustment of the push buttons and means Y for opening said switch in response to movement of the carriage to its nontoasting position. 1

10. In an automatic toaster, the combination of a casing defining a toasting oven, a bread carriage arranged within the oven and movable between a non-toasting position and, a toasting position, a spring attached to, the carriage, a

' support for said spring, adjustable means movactuation of the adjustable means to a selected position for determining the period of time that the carriage, is retained in its toasting position by said releasable latching means.

7. An automatic toaster including a carriage for bread to be toasted and movable between a bread-receiving position and a toasting position,

, adjustable means movable to-a plurality of selective positions for varying the degree of toasting, means responsive to operation of the adjustable means for lowering the carriage from its'breadreceiving position to its toasting position, releasable means for latching the carriage in its toastable to a plurality of positions for initiating operation of the toaster and for varying thedegree of toasting, means actuated in response to adjustment of the adjustable means for lowering said support, spring and carriage to the toasting position of the latter, releasable means for latching the carriage in its toasting position,'a motordriven mechanism for raising said support and therebyprogressively increasing the bia of said spring, means actuated .by said motor-driven.

" mechanism for releasing-said latching means,

means responsive to adjustment of the adjustable means to a selected position for determining theperiod of timeintervening between the ing position, a motor-driven mechanism for progressively impos ng a bias upon the carriage toward its bread-receiving position, 'and-then releasing said latching means, and means responselective position for determining the period of timethat the carriage is retained in its toasting position. I

8. In an automatic toaster, the combination of a bread carriage movable between a nontoasting position and a toasting position, a spring se-' cured to the carriage, a support for carrying saidv spring, adjustable means movable to a plurality of selective positions for initiating operation of port, spring and carriage to the toastingposition of the latter, releasable means for latching the carriage in its toasting position, a motor driven mechanism for raising said support and thereby progressively increasing the bias .of said spring, means actuated by said motor-driven mechanism for releasing said latching means, and means responsive to adjustment of the adjustable means to a selected position for determining the period of time intervening between the latching of the carriage and the latching means,

9. In an automatic toaster, the combination of a carriage for bread to be toasted and movable between a'nontoasting and a toasting position, a spring secured to the carriage, a pivoted lever releasing of thelatching of the carriage and the releasing of the latching means and thermostatic means for vary-' ing said period of time inversely with changes in temperature within said oven. ll. In an automatic toaster, the combination sive to adjustment of the adjustable means to l of a carriage for bread to be toasted and movable between a nontoasting and a toasting position, a support, a spring connecting the snpportjand carriage, a plurality of push buttons selectively 1: operated for varying the degree of toasting,

means responsive to' actuation of the push buttons for lowering said support, spring and carriage to the toasting position of the latter, releasable means for latching the carriage in its toasting position, a motor-driven mechanism for raising said support and progressively increasing the bias of said spring means actuated by said supporting said spring, a plurality of'lpush buttons selectively operated for varying the degree push buttons for lowering said lever, spring and carriage to the toasting position of the latter, re-

leasable means for latching the carriage in its toasting position, a motor-driven mechanism for ing of the carriage and the releasing of the latch of toasting, means responsive to actuation of the motor-driven mechanism for releasing said latching means, means actuated by the push buttons for adjusting said latching means, so that the period of time intervening betweefi the latch ization oi the motor-driven mechanism and biased at all times toward its closed position, and

means associated with the'carriage for opening said switch when ing position.

12.111 an-automatic toaster, the combination of a carriage for bread or the likeand movable between a bread-receivingposit'ion and a toast- I ing position, a motor=driven' timing devicehaving ashaft rotatable at relatively low speed, a control mechanism adjustable to a plurality of selective positions for varying the degree of toast-, ing of the bread, means responsive to adjustment of the control mechanism for actuating the carriage to its toasting position and for initiatin operation of the timing device, means for latching the carriage in its toasting position, adjustable pawl and ratchet means driven by said slow speed shaft for unlatching said latching means after a periodof operation of the, timing motor, means responsive to movement of the "control mechanism to its selective positions for adjust ingsaid pawl and ratchet means whereby said period of operation of the timing motor is varied and thermostatically-operated means for ad- 5 ingmeans is varied, switching means controlling energization of the motor-driven mecha-' the carriage is in its nontoastlusting said latching means independently of said pawl and ratchet means.

13. In an automatic toaster, the combination of a carriage for bread or the like and movable between bread-receiving and toasting positions,

. speed than the other, a control mechanism adjustable selectively to aplurality of positions for varying the degree of toasting of the bread, a spring secured to the carriage, means responsive to adjustment of the control mechanism'for effecting movement or the carriage and spring to the toasting position of the former, Latching means for holding the carriage in it toasting position, means driven by said higher speed shaft of the timing mechanism for stressing said spring, means driven by said lower speed shaft of the timing mechanism for releasing said latching means and afiording movement of the carriage to its bread-receiving position by the bias of the spring, and means responsive to adjustment of the control mechanism to its selective positions for adjusting said latch-releasing means so that the period of time the carriage is retained in its toasting position is varied.

' RICHARD I. F'ELVER.

BERNARD F. PARR. 

